"Angely s labarami"?

[Steve Marder]

Cf. Russ. "labarum" (лабарум), stressed on the first syllable, with the
meaning "military standard" (военное знамя; штандарт).

>> M. Vrubel' painted a painting called "Angely s
>> labarami". What are labary? How is the word
>> pronounced (lAbary, labAry, labarY)? What is its
>> gender in the singular? Where does the word come
>> from? It is missing in all the dictionaries I
>> can find.
>> Thank you all for your kind help,
>> --
> 
> It's a Latin word, and this is the fastest dictionary entry I had access to:
> 
> lab·a·rum n
> a military banner carried before Roman emperors,
> especially one with Christian symbols that was
> carried in front of Constantine the Great as a
> sign of his conversion to Christianity
> 
> Encarta® World English Dictionary © 1999
> Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
> Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing
> Plc.
> 
> That is indeed what the angel on either side of the painting is carrying.
> BUT I have no idea how it's pronounced in Russian
> nor what it's Russian nominative form might be.
> -FR
> 
> 
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